Musical Icon Names

One of the fastest growing category of names today is names that
reflect or pay tribute to musical icons of yesteryear. Parents are paying homage to bands and musicians
from the 1960s-1990s by bestowing their names on all sorts of kids today--
witness the rise of names like Lennon, Hendrix, and
Zeppelin as first names. Here is a list of some that are
already popular, plus some others you could use. Most of these have been
culled from lower numbers of the top 7000 baby names list of the past 10
years or so.

Name

Inspiration

Ace

Ace
Frehley from KISS, also the song "Ace of Spades" by AC/DC

Aretha

Aretha
Franklin

Axl

Axl Rose
from Guns n Roses

Balin

Marty
Balin from the Jefferson Airplane

Barrett

Syd
Barrett from Pink Floyd

Bo

Bo
Diddley

Bocephus

Hank
Williams Jr's nickname

Bolan

Marc
Bolan from T. Rex

Bonham

John
Bonham (Led Zeppelin)

Booker

Booker T.
& the MGs

Bowie

David
Bowie

Boz

Boz
Scaggs

Cash

Johnny
Cash

Cassidy

Grateful
Dead song also Jack Cassady

Cobain

Kurt
Cobain from Nirvana

Coltrane

John
Coltrane

Creedence

Creedence
Clearwater Revival (band)

Crimson

King
Crimson

Crosby

David
Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash)

Crue

Motley
Crue (band)- Crue has been getting more popular recently, possibly
influenced by the rise of Cruz as a first name.

Daltry

Roger
Daltry - the Who

Danzig

Glenn
Danzig (the Misfits/Samhain)-- this is also a city in Poland (the
German name for Gdansk), but when it pops up on name lists, it's
probably in honor of the band

Del

Del
Shannon

Dio

Ronnie
James Dio

Dokken

Dokken
(band)

Domino

"Fats"
Domino

Elvis

Elvis
Presley

Everly

the
Everly Brothers

Fender

brand of
guitar

Floyd

Pink
Floyd (band)

Frampton

Peter
Frampton

Free

the band
Free, the songs "Free Bird", "Keep on Rockin in the Free World"
etc.

Geffen

record
company founder

Gibson

brand of
guitar

Haggard

Merle
Haggard

Halen

Van Halen

Hendrix

Jimi
Hendrix

Henley

Don
Henley from the Eagles

Holiday

Billie
Holiday

Iggy

Iggy Pop

Isley

the Isley
Brothers

Jagger

Mick
Jagger (Rolling Stones)

Jethro

Jethro
Tull (which was named after the 18th century inventor of the seed
drill)